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Eiteljorg newsletter, August 1995

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Eiteljorg Museum
of American Indians and Western Art I
Newsletter
August 1995
Cowboy Artists Exhibition
Portrays Realism of Old West
.o
o
o
R
ediscover the Old West—
the West of cowboys,
mountain men, cavalrymen, American Indians, trail riders,
pioneers—at the Eiteljorg Museum
this fall.
The Eiteljorg Museum will
ost Rediscovering the Old West:
, The Cowboy Artists of America.
^Organized by the CAA Museum
^^k Kerrville, Texas, this exhibition
^^11 feature more than 80 paintings
and sculpture, including works by
such well-known western realists
•
^ai
ncing Drums by Kenneth Riley
Election of Stan and Sandy Hurt
as Howard Terpning, James Boren
and Gordon Snidow. Rediscovering
the Old West opens to the public on
Saturday, August 26, and runs
through October 29; a free
members' preview will be held on
Friday, August 25, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
On June 23, 1965, four cowboys -
JoeBeeler, John Hampton, Charlie
Dye and George Phippen - sat
reminiscing about the Old West and.
life on the range in Bird's "Oak
Creek Tavern" in Sedona, Arizona.
These cowboys, who were also
artists, shared a common goal - to
preserve the images and values of
nineteenth century Western America.
That evening, the Cowboy Artists
of America was born.
The goals of the new CAA were
carefully defined: to "perpetuate
the memory and culture of the Old
West as typified by the late Frederic
Remington, Charles Russell, and
others; [and] to insure authentic
representation of the life of the
West, as it was and is."
The first CAA exhibit was held
in 1966 when 13 artists presented
their work to 100 visitors. Last
October at the Phoenix Art Museum,
the 29th Annual CAA Sale and
Exhibition attracted thousands of
visitors from all over the country.
Many CAA members were
commercial illustrators for popular
national magazines. After becoming
full-time fine artists, they continued
to work in a realistic narrative style,
(See COWBOY ARTISTS, page 2)
Attention Cowboys:
Eiteljorg's Western
Festival on the Way
jc
ountry bands and
western music, two-step
dancers, demonstrators
and artisans, mountainmen and
children's activities will be nonstop throughout the weekend
when the Eiteljorg's Western
Festival returns oh September 16-17.
Festivities also include the
Some Like it Hot chili cookoff
whetting appetites on Saturday
and the Hoosier Beef BBQ
Showdown on Sunday. Western
Festival is sponsored by the
Indiana Beef Council.
Songsters Southwind, JR Love
and Kim Cronley with the Silverado
Band will move revelers to kick
up their heels. Returning to the
thrilling days of yesteryear,
Calamity Jane and Barbwire
perform two shows daily, as well
as demonstrating cooking off the
chuckbox (back of a chuckwagon).
Roebel Coleman, as Nat Love,
relates the life and times of the
famous black cowboy, also known as
Deadwood Dick. Hopalong Cassidy
rides again with Joe Sullivan's Old
Cowboy Show with songs by the
Over the Trail Boys. Acoustic Aces'
will stroll while strummin' the old
banjo among the crowd between
their daily stage performances.
And, if you hate to dance because
of two left feet, Ernie & Company,
too, will demonstrate the proper
moves to the two-step over the two
(See WESTERN FESTIVAL, page -4)
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Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

1
Eiteljorg Museum
of American Indians and Western Art I
Newsletter
August 1995
Cowboy Artists Exhibition
Portrays Realism of Old West
.o
o
o
R
ediscover the Old West—
the West of cowboys,
mountain men, cavalrymen, American Indians, trail riders,
pioneers—at the Eiteljorg Museum
this fall.
The Eiteljorg Museum will
ost Rediscovering the Old West:
, The Cowboy Artists of America.
^Organized by the CAA Museum
^^k Kerrville, Texas, this exhibition
^^11 feature more than 80 paintings
and sculpture, including works by
such well-known western realists
•
^ai
ncing Drums by Kenneth Riley
Election of Stan and Sandy Hurt
as Howard Terpning, James Boren
and Gordon Snidow. Rediscovering
the Old West opens to the public on
Saturday, August 26, and runs
through October 29; a free
members' preview will be held on
Friday, August 25, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
On June 23, 1965, four cowboys -
JoeBeeler, John Hampton, Charlie
Dye and George Phippen - sat
reminiscing about the Old West and.
life on the range in Bird's "Oak
Creek Tavern" in Sedona, Arizona.
These cowboys, who were also
artists, shared a common goal - to
preserve the images and values of
nineteenth century Western America.
That evening, the Cowboy Artists
of America was born.
The goals of the new CAA were
carefully defined: to "perpetuate
the memory and culture of the Old
West as typified by the late Frederic
Remington, Charles Russell, and
others; [and] to insure authentic
representation of the life of the
West, as it was and is."
The first CAA exhibit was held
in 1966 when 13 artists presented
their work to 100 visitors. Last
October at the Phoenix Art Museum,
the 29th Annual CAA Sale and
Exhibition attracted thousands of
visitors from all over the country.
Many CAA members were
commercial illustrators for popular
national magazines. After becoming
full-time fine artists, they continued
to work in a realistic narrative style,
(See COWBOY ARTISTS, page 2)
Attention Cowboys:
Eiteljorg's Western
Festival on the Way
jc
ountry bands and
western music, two-step
dancers, demonstrators
and artisans, mountainmen and
children's activities will be nonstop throughout the weekend
when the Eiteljorg's Western
Festival returns oh September 16-17.
Festivities also include the
Some Like it Hot chili cookoff
whetting appetites on Saturday
and the Hoosier Beef BBQ
Showdown on Sunday. Western
Festival is sponsored by the
Indiana Beef Council.
Songsters Southwind, JR Love
and Kim Cronley with the Silverado
Band will move revelers to kick
up their heels. Returning to the
thrilling days of yesteryear,
Calamity Jane and Barbwire
perform two shows daily, as well
as demonstrating cooking off the
chuckbox (back of a chuckwagon).
Roebel Coleman, as Nat Love,
relates the life and times of the
famous black cowboy, also known as
Deadwood Dick. Hopalong Cassidy
rides again with Joe Sullivan's Old
Cowboy Show with songs by the
Over the Trail Boys. Acoustic Aces'
will stroll while strummin' the old
banjo among the crowd between
their daily stage performances.
And, if you hate to dance because
of two left feet, Ernie & Company,
too, will demonstrate the proper
moves to the two-step over the two
(See WESTERN FESTIVAL, page -4)
□
□
□
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art